Party Down S01 Brrip

The season finale. A wedding where everything goes wrong. Jane Lynch’s Constance gives a speech that is both insane and heartbreaking. Henry and Casey’s will-they-won’t-they reaches a painful, realistic stalemate. The final shot—the crew cleaning up trash as the last guests leave—is the show’s thesis statement:

Each episode is a different event (a high school reunion, a porn awards afterparty, a cult’s baptism, a senior living community’s talent show). This structure allows the writers to use the setting as a funhouse mirror for the caterers’ own failures. party down s01 brrip

Created by John Enbohm, Rob Thomas, and Dan Etheridge, Party Down follows a motley crew of Hollywood strivers working for a generic catering company. The joke is immediately cruel and brilliant: everyone here is talented, but talent doesn’t matter. What matters is who you know, and these people know no one. The season finale

The masterpiece of the season. The team caters a party for a gated community. Casey and Henry pretend to be a married couple to impress a producer. Roman tries to sell his script to a former child star. The episode climaxes with a slow-motion, lip-synced performance of “Your Woman” by White Town (via a malfunctioning iPod). It is simultaneously hilarious and devastating. The BRRip’s color timing here—the golden hour sunlight hitting desperate faces—is pitch-perfect. Created by John Enbohm, Rob Thomas, and Dan